If Your Boss Shout At You, What Would You Do? Shout Back?

If you were in that tensed situation, your mind keep telling you, If not for? But think of it? If not for what? Nobody likes it when insulted at but your boss is the one doing the business. Were it someone younger than you, you may deal or show them to learn some politeness. But this is your boss, who approves and gives insight to work being done, assessments, promotion tips and anything to make you a useful employee in life. But will shouting back at your boss even dare come into your mind, or grumble within you? It is possible to handle such situations better and enjoy lasting relationship with your boss. Below are life tips that can help you restrain yourself under pressure. 

Be Apologetic

One of the difficult things humans dislike doing is apologizing. It is felt that when you apologize, one has lost dignity and respect. But, happy to say, it is the best thing that can ever happen to you. To say ‘I am Sorry’ will not kill you. It only pampers the issue at hand. Even though, you are not to be blamed for whatever had happened, take it that way. That’s life. Perhaps you could now follow the next tips.

Admit It to Yourself

A one mental-health expert says: “the best way to deal with any feeling, especially one with which you are uncomfortable is to admit it to yourself. Avoid denying the feeling or judging yourself harshly for feeling the way you do.” Talk to your boss about how you feel. Such conversations can help put emotional reactions in right perspective. Remember, your thought or feelings should be convened with a soft and mild tone or rather you will receive another shout.

Discipline

Do not try to justify yourself as if it cannot happen or minimize the seriousness of the situation, or shift the blame to others. Just listen to what your boss has to say and let it rest. Discipline in this context may not necessary mean punishment, but rather something that becomes part of you. Remember your boss may have had some fact that you could not have had. Better still, you are not his kid or slave, but for the sake of discipline, you may allow the matter to rest.

Be Positive

Do not let the outburst of your boss affect your job. Tendency that it might affect that day’s job is sure, but you can minimize such tendency and look at life as learning experience. If you are positive, even after the outburst of your boss on you, it tells who you are, and other employee may learn this quality of self-control from you.

The next time your boss shouts at you, you will have already known how you will manage it

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4 Successful Steps to Keep Your Job.

Skilful workers are often highly valued. What are some skills and qualities that employers appreciate in their workers? Jude, the director of human resources for a firm that employs 100 people, told EGNANO: “What we value in an employee is his ability to communicate well and work harmoniously with others.”  Let’s briefly discuss the four (4) successful steps to be happy on your job.

Communicate Effectively

Indeed, listening closely to your employer and to your fellow workers can prevent misunderstandings and keep you from making foolish mistakes.

When you speak, the way you do so is also important. If you speak clearly and with sufficient volume, it is more likely that you will be understood, and this will heighten a listener’s respect for what you say. Maxwell, an employment consultant, comments: “You would be surprised how many people lose their jobs, not because of lack of technical skill, but because they lack the ability to communicate effectively.”

Work Well With Others

In view of the amount of time you spend with workmates, you will no doubt get to know them quite well. As a result, you might be tempted to gossip about them, highlighting their mistakes and shortcomings. Moreover, you will avoid wasting time and causing needless friction with your workmates.

If you gain a reputation as a hard worker—one who will go the extra mile—you will be more likely to keep your job. Of course, there is a limit to what an employer can rightly ask of you. Some future articles will provide why that is so.

Be Honest

One survey of more than 1,400 firms revealed that the majority of employers “ranked honesty and integrity as qualities that impress them most in job candidates.” Obviously, being honest involves not stealing money or materials from your employer. It also means not stealing time. A study conducted by one employment agency found that time theft amounted to an average of 4 hours and 15 minutes per employee each week. Among other things, these time thieves were habitually late, left work early, and socialized with other employees while at work.

If you have a reputation for working well—even when not supervised—you are an employee to be trusted.

Be Realistic

Never in the history of mankind has human had to deal with distressing conditions than in our time. In fact many are disillusioned and battling with unemployment and worsening economic conditions. The resulting political and social instability and upheaval would inevitably result in economic uncertainty. Hence, even if you apply the above suggestions, you may still lose your job.

Like millions of others around the world, Maxwell, mentioned earlier, has experienced the wealth of the above-mentioned successful steps. He sums up his feelings this way: “I enjoy my current job very much. But I know from experience that things change. I have learned how to lessen my anxiety when unemployed and how to increase my contentment with the work I obtain.”

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Why Being Rich Not Mean Being Successful.

Many are the friends of the rich, quite few or less do not wish to be attached to the poor. The widening gap between the rich and poor cannot be overemphasized. The difference is great and really deserves insight into the two rivals.

Being rich give the impression of affluence, wealth, and prestige, while these favours shower on the rich, one should not fail to realize the opposite.

Learn From The Past

In 1923 a group of our greatest leaders and richest held a meeting at the Edgewater Beach hotel in Chicago. Among them were Charles Schwab, head of largest independent steel company; Richard Whitney, president of the New York Stock Exchange; Arthur Cotton and Jesse Livermore, two of the biggest stock speculators; and Albert Fall, a member of President Harding’s Cabinet and a host of others . Twenty years later, 5 (five) of these rich men, Charles Schwab died broke and penniless after living for five years on borrowed money. Arthur Cotton died broke. Richard Whitney and Albert Fall were just released from prison. Jesse Livermore committed suicide.

If you traced the end of these men, you would remember the Great Depression and the market crash in 1929 which must have had a great impact on these men.

Facing Reality

Most people fail to realize that in life, it’s not how much money you make, it’s how much money you keep. We have all heard stories of lottery winners who became poor, then suddenly rich, then poor again. They win millions and are soon back to the grass.

I well know so many people who are becoming instant millionaires. It’s the Roaring '20s one more time. While it good news to hear people getting richer and richer, but in the long run, it’s not how much you keep, and how many generations you keep it. But it is YOU.

The Truth

Money is not real, in fact it’s a visitor that comes into your home and must leave. So have a balanced view of your riches, be flexible and keep an open mind and learn. Also, realize money cannot solve all problems, if you ever thought so, you are being misled.

Think not money but your brain power to create more investment and valuable treasures.

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Don’t Wait Until You Are Laid Off Before Thinking Business Opportunities.

We live in a world of uncertainties, in fact, who knows what may be the end of anyone tomorrow? So only living for today will not wreck us now but devastate one’s future.

Why it is good to plan now!

There is something inside of us restricting our inner desire to be independent. It is not too long before this subtle enemy overtakes us. You may wonder, is this is really an enemy? Before answering this question, let consider some vital facts:

Suddenly Unemployed

When I lost my job, I felt as if someone had thrown a bucket of cold water over me. My self esteem suffered terribly. – Tony, Germany

I felt devastated; I never believed this was really happening. I was as good as being wiped off and never being born. – Owolabi, Nigeria

WORLDWIDE, millions are enduring the same plight as Tony, and Owolabi. About the turn of this century, it was estimated that 40 percent of the workforce in Europe and Central Asia—some 100 million people—were looking for work. In some less-developed lands, more than a quarter of the labor force is without paid employment. In the United States, “nearly 3.6 million jobs have disappeared over all during the last 28 months,” declared The New York Times in July 2013.

In many lands the search for employment presents serious obstacles. For example, each year a tidal wave of high-school and college graduates floods the job market. In addition, having a degree or specialized training is no guarantee that one will find work in a chosen profession. Thus, it is now quite common for people to change jobs several times during their working life. Some even have to change careers entirely.

Meagre Wages

People keep checking from one work to another hoping to find their “comfort zones”. But most times these ‘comfort zones’ turn to become ‘problem zones’. Why? There is no end to wants, and inner desire to want never end. So the more rise on your wage, the more money you will give out. Factors such as Governmental Tax, other necessary tax will increase opposed to your high minded imagination. So it is often impractical or compounding looking for easy way out in search for “better” but stressed jobs.

So If you find yourself unemployed, what can you do to improve your chances of finding work? Is there another way out? Would you continue to work under someone for life? Is there somewhere as business opportunities? Can you think of something you can start before sudden unemployment sets in?

How wise it would be to take long term steps now in order to avoid distressing days that may lie ahead. Why not think carefully about what the future hold for you now? Take your time and review if what is said below isn't true.

There are Three (3) people in life with gaps in their thinking. See where you may belong and begin a serious self examination.

1.    Something is not coming, so I have to wait, they lament. They just wait for the “right” opportunity.

2.    I have seen people get the “right” opportunity and then not have enough money.

3.    They have the money, the time is right, but they can’t see the opportunity staring at them.

Where Do You Belong? It’s Worth Knowing!

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If You Found $100,000, What Would You Do?

It’s a tale as old as time. But the rags-to-riches story of how one Australian janitor pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars shows the enduring -- though not always self-evident -- value of being honest.

While cleaning a bathroom in August 2011, Chamindu Amarsinghe stumbled upon a trash can teeming with dollar bills. “There was too much to count,” he told Australia’s Herald Sun. “I thought someone was playing a prank on me.”

Rather than pocketing the cash, however, Amarsinghe thought better of it. He promptly alerted his supervisor, whereupon police and plumbers ultimately uncovered 100,000 Australian dollars (roughly $94,000 U.S.) from the public restroom -- some of it in sewage pipes.

After relinquishing his findings to authorities almost three years ago, Amarsinghe received the phone call of a lifetime yesterday. Because of his honest response, and because authorities never determined who the money belonged to, a local magistrate ruled that he should keep a lion’s share of the fortune -- $81,597 to be exact. The remaining $19,500 will go to the state.

Being honest pays, a local magistrate said in his decision. And the detective in charge of the case agreed. “All the guys in the office felt the same. He’s a struggling student who straight-up didn’t even think of pocketing it.”

Precisely because he didn’t steal, Amarsinghe made out like a bandit. But what would you have done?

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ATM card: The ‘Invisible Money’ Theft.

Automated Teller Machine also known as ATM has become a widely part of human comfort and use. While it serves its purpose, we should not neglect that it has brought untold discomfort to many.

Uncontrolled spending is a target to anyone, especially newlyweds. If you are were living at home before you got married, you may be new to the world of paying bills and sharing expenses. It could also be that you and your mate might have different approaches to money. It could be a graduate who is just ready to face the world of business and being naïve about spending. You may be a school goer receiving some dole from your parents but have not learnt the financial education of money.

It is easy to overspend when you cannot see the money leaving your wallet or purse. That may be the case if you handle most of your transaction by credit or debit card, internet purchasing and electronic banking. The lure of easy credit can also make it easy for naïve spenders to overspend.

Though, discontinuing the use of ATM card and other seconded cards will not necessarily solve the problem, one should not neglect the fact that, they are money stealers and as such.

Money is not real, so excessive spending with these ‘Invisible Money’ can ruin someone even to death. The Following will prove helpful if you want to say good-bye to this theft.

1. 1.       Be true to yourself when spending and don’t overdo it
2. 2.       Have a precise budget
3. 3.       Know what you need and not want
4. 4.       Avoid area that might trigger you to overspend
5. 5.       Avoid money bleeding
6. 6.       Keep your electronic cards in appropriate check

You will be happy if you could follow the above steps, and you will be a master over you ATM cards.

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3 secret Swaps That Will Make You a Better Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship is a holistic lifestyle of better health, better ideas and a better lifestyle that you’re working toward. To make those improvements means updating your habits and to change your habits takes commitment and some tricks. One trick that has been helping make change for many is the idea of a swap. From addictions to smoking cessation to weight loss, the idea is that you don’t go cold turkey but you swap out the habit you have for one that’s better.

To be an improved version of yourself, here are some simple daily swaps you can make:

Mind: Swap radio for podcasts or audio books. You’re in the car or at the gym listening to workout mixes or the radio. That’s great and there’s nothing wrong with that kick of motivation when you need it. However, one simple swap you can make is downloading audio books and podcasts instead. This has a few cool ramifications. One is that you’re getting smarter and learning.

Whether it’s a self-improvement book or a business-related podcast, you’re learning during under-utilized times. The second key factor of this swap is by listening to it now in the car, you’re freeing up time later in your schedule when you might otherwise have been reading. Finally, there’s the added benefit that during those podcasts or audio books, you could have major strikes of inspiration that open up where the radio would never have taken you.

Related: The 7 Sleep Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs

Body: Swap out sugary energy drinks for fruit. Avoid the sugar crash that comes from energy drinks and improve your brain function and health by swapping them out for fruit. Fruit can give you the boost of natural sugars and energy you need in a much healthier way. It’s a simple swap that can make a huge difference in your health.

The other added benefit of this swap is that consuming energy drinks can sometimes have the unwanted side effect of keeping you too stimulated -- resulting in poor quality sleep or less sleep. That makes you tired, which makes you want an energy drink the next day. Break the cycle with this simple swap and see your mood and sleep improve.

Spirit: Swap out “can’t” with “how can.” Nothing is more depressing than a bad attitude. Naysayers and downers are no fun to be around. Are you one of them? Stop focusing on “can’t” and start asking yourself and others how it might just be possible. Opening yourself up to the possibility of “how can I?” leaves a lot of space for good ideas and inventive solutions in life and business. It’s a life approach that starts with swapping out your vocabulary and can open you up to possibilities instead of closing doors on ideas.

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4 reasons not to leave Twitter!

On the heels of its first-quarter earnings report, Twitter seems to be struggling to keep its users active. The social-media service added 14 million active users, up about 6 percent from the previous quarter, but not as much as some analysts would have liked.

Twitter now counts 255 million active users; Facebook has over 1 billion active users. Keep in mind that an active user as someone who logs into their account once a month, not someone who’s necessarily tweeting regularly.

So what to do if you are one of many that set up a Twitter account and abandoned it? Dust off that handle, and give it another try.

1. Be patient. Unless you’re Katy Perry or Starbucks, your brand probably doesn’t have a built-in following. Your first tweet isn’t going to get a lot of traction because no one knows you’re there. So start favoriting, retweeting and replying to content that interests you.

2. Follow more accounts. Find more accounts that are more relevant to your interests, but be selective. There are accounts that may have 100,000 followers, but they also follow 80,000. How in the world will that person ever see anything useful to them? At the same time, don’t feel bad for unfollowing.

3. Be diligent. Make a point to spend even five to ten minutes a day reading, favoriting and replying to tweets. Don’t be discouraged if your replies and tweets go unnoticed. The more you tweet, the sooner you will learn what works and what doesn’t.

4. Say something. Try not to go days between tweets. Whether it’s a discount code, information on sales or something fun, be active. That said, don’t tweet for the sake of tweeting.

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Six(6) Dangerous Mistakes People Make When Starting a Business

Expensive mistake #1:

The wrong team Bill Aulet, managing director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and author of Disciplined Entrepreneurship, says choosing the wrong team is the single costliest error entrepreneurs make, resulting in not only lost income and time but depleted morale.

"Choosing who to hire and work with in a startup is like playing basketball in the schoolyard; you can pick your friends and play for them, but if youwant to be good and continue to be on the court, you have to carefully pick your team," he explains.

It's crucial to choose people with varying skill sets. However, Aulet says, "much like a great sports team, they must also share some common values and the ability to trust each other in tough situations. That's why past experience working with your co-founders and early employees in stressful times is much more important than being friends."

Expensive mistake #2: Bad pricing

"My single biggest mistake with my first business--a handbag company--was in pricing," says Sarah Shaw, CEO of Entreprenette, a consulting firm in Durango, Colo. Hers is a common misstep for product manufacturers.

Entreprenette's Sarah Shaw

"I didn't understand that with any kind of clothing or accessories, you have to calculate the square footage of fabric, including the wasted fabric," Shaw explains. Without an accurate understanding of her costs, she couldn't price her products correctly.

"I thought you sort of doubled everything, but that's not correct," she says. "It's a 2.5-times markup from cost to wholesale, which covers marketing, the showroom fee, all your expenses."

By the end of her first two years in business, Shaw had put in more than $100,000 of her own money. Thanks to perseverance and media buzz (celebrities loved her bags), she ended up with $1 million in annual revenue and attracted investors, but she couldn't recover from the downturn after 9/11 and closed the business in 2002.

Entreprenette's Sarah Shaw (left) misunderstood costs in her first startup, a handbag company.

Like Shaw, Tobin Booth, CEO of Blue Oak Energy, paid dearly for a pricing mistake. It occurred in 2010 when the California-based company, which engineers and constructs solar photovoltaic power systems, took on a contract to install solar units for a retail chain with stores in eight states.

"That was a level of complexity we had zero experience with, in a very competitive market," he says. "What we didn't understand across all these states were the tax consequences and how much variation there was in labor rates. Then there were delays because of weather and shipping."

The company, which also hadn't planned for project delays that led to incurring storage fees, lost about $500,000 in 2011. Booth says the miscalculation was one of the worst experiences he has been through as a business owner, but there were some positives: "The cliché is absolutely correct. The painful experiences are the ones you learn best from."

Expensive mistake #3: Waiting for perfect when good will do

When you've got a killer idea, it's natural to want to introduce it to the world in a fully formed state. But it doesn't take a CPA to figure out that the longer you take to launch, the longer you go without money coming in.

"This is a common mistake, especially for tech people," says Drew Williams, co-author of Feed the Startup Beast. "Many want to build an app and won't let it go until it's perfect, but then you take too long and spend too much." Specifically, this error will likely leave you with no "runway"--the cash you'll need to sustain you as you're trying to get your product off the ground once it's ready, but before you have customers.

"You need to come up with the simplest, basic version of your product that gets the idea across and try to find someone you can sell it to," Williams says. "Find one or two clients who are willing to do a pilot where you build, test and iterate it. Inevitably, your product will be different than what you expect, and then you build it. If you get a real, live client, you create a better product in a very cost-effective way."

Expensive mistake #4: Not understanding technology

Mary Juetten was no Luddite when she launched Traklight, a software company that helps individuals and businesses identify and protect intellectual property, but she didn't know everything. "I understood how to lay out what our software would do ... but I didn't know anything about coding software or web development," says Juetten, a CPA and Canadian chartered accountant.

Traklight's Mary Juetten.

She relied on a co-founder with that expertise, but when that relationship ended, she floundered. "This is where I made my biggest mistake: I looked for the best deal, and I didn't educate myself about different programming languages or bring someone else into the mix."

The team she hired to create Traklight's software told her that it "couldn't" be built in one programming language and "had" to be built in another. "If someone designing my website came up to me and said, 'You should use this color instead of that color,' I'd be asking 17 questions about why," Juetten says. "But I never asked why about this, because it was technology."

The four-month window for software development turned into eight months, then nine more. "With technology, it's all about time to market," she says. "So entrepreneurs who are not technical should educate themselves."

Eventually Juetten took a "tech speak for entrepreneurs" class. She suggests other startup founders who need more expertise find similar instruction at Codecademy or General Assembly.

Expensive mistake #5: Skimping on attorneys

Booth of Blue Oak Energy might like a do-over on pricing that multistate order, but he's also sorry about skimping on legal fees in his company's infancy.

"If I could do some of the early stuff over, it would have been to pay a few thousand dollars to have an attorney write up a proper contract," he says. "I didn't have the right attorney who really understood my business."

A few early customers simply didn't pay up, so Booth tried to move matters to a collections agency. "I found out that there were some clauses [in the contract] that didn't allow me to collect on attorneys' fees," says Booth, whose company now does nearly $20 million in annual revenue.

Shaw, meanwhile, unknowingly signed a contract that gave her handbag company the trademark to her name, so when investors came in, her name belonged to them. "I can't use my own name in business again," she says. "I wish I had hired an attorney to watch out for me."

Expensive mistake #6: Being cheap about marketing

"People think, everyone else has to market their product or service, but I don't because this is so good," says author Williams. The related myth is that you can rely on social media to build virality and attract customers for free. "Social media is not free," he says. "To do it properly takes unbelievable amounts of time, and it'll typically take six months to a year before you've got even slight momentum--it's not fast."

If you're not sure how much money to budget for marketing, Williams suggests aiming for 10 to 20 percent of your targeted gross revenue. "As you become a more established business, that drops to 5 percent to 10 percent of gross revenue, and for the largest businesses it's typically 5 percent or a bit less," he says.

After launching Traklight, Juetten found that her website wasn't indexed properly for search engines. "No one was finding us," she recalls. So she decided to invest in an inbound marketing program. "That initial payment is scary for a small company, but we don't have to pay developers to make changes to our site, and they do e-mail marketing and CRM," she explains. So far it's working: In April 2013 the Traklight site recorded just 100 visits per month; by the end of the year it was getting 2,800.

How much does Juetten estimate she lost early on between the missteps in software development and inbound marketing? "As far as dollars thrown away--actual checks written for useless things--that would be in the tens of thousands," she admits. "As far as lost time [and] products not developed on time, it's in the hundreds of thousands. We would be much further ahead now."

In the end, the best way to avoid costly mistakes is obvious: Save and spend wisely. "Keep spending really, really tight," Williams advises. "Leverage everything you can and give yourself as long a runway as possible. You're going to need it."

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Astonishing Seven Secrets of Self-Made Multimillionaires

First, understand that you no longer want to be just a millionaire. You want to become a multimillionaire.

While you may think a million dollars will give you financial security, it will not. Given the volatility in economies, governments and financial markets around the world, it's no longer safe to assume a million dollars will provide you and your family with true security. In fact, a Fidelity Investments' study of millionaires last year found that 42 percent of them don't feel wealthy and they would need $7.5 million of investable assets to start feeling rich.

This isn't a how-to on the accumulation of wealth from a lifetime of saving and pinching pennies. This is about generating multimillion-dollar wealth and enjoying it during the creation process. To get started, consider these seven secrets of multimillionaires.

No. 1: Decide to Be a Multimillionaire -- You first have to decide you want to be a self-made millionaire. I went from nothing—no money, just ideas and a lot of hard work—to create a net worth that probably cannot be destroyed in my lifetime. The first step was making a decision and setting a target. Every day for years, I wrote down this statement: "I am worth over $100,000,000!"

Related: Seven Rules for Coping with Sales Rejection

No. 2: Get Rid of Poverty Thinking -- There's no shortage of money on planet Earth, only a shortage of people who think correctly about it. To become a millionaire from scratch, you must end the poverty thinking. I know because I had to. I was raised by a single mother who did everything possible to put three boys through school and make ends meets. Many of the lessons she taught me encouraged a sense of scarcity and fear: "Eat all your food; there are people starving," "Don't waste anything," "Money doesn't grow on trees." Real wealth and abundance aren't created from such thinking. 

No. 3: Treat it Like a Duty -- Self-made multimillionaires are motivated not just by money, but by a need for the marketplace to validate their contributions. While I have always wanted wealth, I was driven more by my need to contribute consistent with my potential. Multimillionaires don't lower their targets when things get tough. Rather, they raise expectations for themselves because they see the difference they can make with their families, company, community and charities. 

Related Video: Grant Cardone on Closing the Sale

No. 4: Surround Yourself with Multimillionaires -- I have been studying wealthy people since I was 10 years old. I read their stories and see what they went through. These are my mentors and teachers who inspire me. You can't learn how to make money from someone who doesn't have much. Who says, "Money won't make you happy"? People without money. Who says, "All rich people are greedy"? People who aren't rich. Wealthy people don't talk like that. You need to know what people are doing to create wealth and follow their example: What do they read? How do they invest? What drives them? How do they stay motivated and excited? 

No. 5: Work Like a Millionaire -- Rich people treat time differently. They buy it, while poor people sell it. The wealthy know time is more valuable than money itself, so they hire people for things they're not good at or aren't a productive use of their time, such as household chores. But don't kid yourself that those who hit it big don't work hard. Financially successful people are consumed by their hunt for success and work to the point that they feel they are winning and not just working. 

Related: How to Conquer Your Sales Fears

No. 6: Shift Focus from Spending to Investing -- The rich don't spend money; they invest. They know the U.S. tax laws favor investing over spending. You buy a house and can't write it off. The rich, in contrast, buy an apartment building that produces cash flow, appreciates and offers write-offs year after year. You buy cars for comfort and style. The rich buy cars for their company that are deductible because they are used to produce revenue.

No. 7: Create Multiple Flows of Income -- The really rich never depend on one flow of income but instead create a number of revenue streams. My first business had been generating a seven-figure income for years when I started investing cash in multifamily real estate. Once my real estate and my consulting business were churning, I went into a third business developing software to help retailers improve the customer experience.

Lastly, you may be surprised to learn that wealthy people wish you were wealthy, too. It's a mystery to them why others don't get rich. They know they aren't special and that wealth is available to anyone who wants to focus and persist. Rich people want others to be rich for two reasons: first, so you can buy their products and services, and second, because they want to hang out with other rich people. Get rich -- it's a Nigerian Dream.

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Can High-Speed Internet Spark Better-Paying Jobs?

Many of us look at high-speed internet as a way to enjoy pleasures like clearer HDTV and speedier Wi-Fi. But as lightening-fast service gets rolled out in new markets, it could also pave the way to innovation--and new jobs for many--or so say proponents. We're just starting to see what 

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